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June 27, 2020 at 12:16 am

In Belgian town, monuments expose a troubled colonial legacy VIEW

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — For a long time, few people in the small Belgian town of Halle paid much attention to the monuments. They were...

June 17, 2020 at 7:52 am

EU wants explanation after lawmaker reports police violence

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament said Wednesday it will complain to Belgian authorities after a member of the EU legislature born in Africa said...

June 11, 2020 at 12:01 am

As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past VIEW

TERVUREN, Belgium (AP) — When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the Belgian king who...

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June 6, 2020 at 4:17 am

One man lays wreaths in Normandy on this unusual D-Day VIEW

BENOUVILLE, France (AP) — The essence of war remembrance is to make sure the fallen are never forgotten. All it takes is a wreath, a...

June 5, 2020 at 11:47 pm

Pandemic makes for a lonely D-Day observance in Normandy VIEW

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore...

World War II D-Day veteran and Penobscot Elder from Maine, Charles Norman Shay poses on the dune overlooking Omaha Beach prior to a ceremony at his memorial in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Friday, June 5, 2020. Saturday’s anniversary of D-Day will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away, from government leaders to frail veterans who might not get another chance for a final farewell to their unlucky comrades. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) VLM101 VLM101

June 4, 2020 at 11:51 pm

On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy VIEW

Saturday's anniversary will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away.

May 28, 2020 at 11:23 pm

Hello and welcome: Robot waiters to the rescue amid coronavirus VIEW

RENESSE, Netherlands — You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shao SongHu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall,...

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May 18, 2020 at 4:43 am

“Get Out! Move!” Belgium relaxes lockdown for lazier nation VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is taking the next step in its relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown on Monday and is also telling people: get up!...

May 15, 2020 at 4:58 am

UK-EU deadlocked in Brexit talks as clock ticks down VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom on their post-Brexit relationship ground to a near-standstill Friday, with each side accusing...

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May 15, 2020 at 12:30 am

`Eurovision that never was’ has fans pining for golden times VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Over its many years, the Eurovision Song Contest has come to be a sign of the times. So it is perhaps fitting...

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